Arsène Wenger has given the strongest indication yet that he is ready to sign a new contract with Arsenal and feels people are finally starting to believe in the club again as they challenge for major honours.
The Arsenal manager’s future has been called into question following his failure to put pen to paper on a new deal. Wenger is out of contract at the end of the season and there have been suggestions that this could be his final year in English football.
Following eight barren years without a trophy, Wenger stated last summer that heWhen asked if that meant he had already made his decision on a new contract, Wenger replied: “You can take of that sentence the way you want it.”
Following eight barren years without a trophy, Wenger stated last summer that heWhen asked if that meant he had already made his decision on a new contract, Wenger replied: “You can take of that sentence the way you want it.”
The fact Arsenal are top of the Premier League and have shown they are ready to challenge the big teams once again has given Wenger the desire to prolong his 18-year stay in north London.
Wenger added: “What I said (at the start of the season) is I can deliver the quality, because people were questioning that. I said: 'OK, I can listen to that and I want to make sure I can deliver.’ My commitment has never been a problem.
“We have gone from a club who looked like they didn’t have the ambition to be capable to fight. What has changed, with bringing players in like Özil and not losing our players, is that suddenly people believe again and that we can fight.
“We are in a strong position that people, the fans, want you to be capable to compete and fight for the top.”
Arsenal will be looking to maintain their position as league leaders with another victory against Fulham on Saturday at Emirates Stadium. Wenger is enjoying the challenge of fighting for the title once again, but is adamant the pressure was much more intense last season when he was trying to help his side secure a top-four finish.
“It was much more difficult last year than this year. When you are fifth or sixth and you have to convince everybody you will make it to be in the top four, that you have to push and not make any mistake because you know that from now until the end of the season with ten games to go you cannot drop one point.
“It is like bringing a boat into a port with no room for going an inch right or left or the whole boat explodes. When you are in our position today it is natural motivation, natural incitement to go. It is easier psychologically.” wanted to see his team delivering on the pitch and showing him that they had the quality to challenge for success.
With the north London club mounting their strongest challenge to win the Premier League title since 2008 after smashing their transfer record to sign Mesut Özil last summer, Wenger has a new-found appetite and is determined to bring more success back to Emirates Stadium.
Wenger said: “There is always a point where you have to decide, of course. There is a point where you have to decide and there is a point where you have to make your decision public."
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